To the Ends of the Earth (eBook)

How the greatest maps were made

Philip Parker (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
240 Seiten
Ivy Press (Verlag)
978-0-7112-8266-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This lavishly illustrated book provides a unique insight into the evolution of mapmaking and the science behind it, from the stone age to the digital age.Britain's leading cartographic author takes us on a historical journey through how the greatest maps were created. Exploring key cartographers and mapmaking methods, as well as fascinating interludes on subjects such as the very first maps, deliberate mistakes, and superlative maps, this comprehensive guide explores how the techniques and technology have developed throughout human history: *; Evolving methods of surveying: from the Roman groma, through the naval instruments of the magnetic compass, astrolabes and sextants, to the 20th century revolution of aerial photography *; Drawing tools and materials: from Babylonian maps carved in clay, to digital maps created via touchscreen *; The introduction of various mapping conventions and key components of a map: from Ptolemys introduction of longitude and latitude, through the 13th century origins of having north at the top, to the various projections used to represent the Earth. With visually stunning historic maps and antique instruments, this book will engross readers with its fascinating stories of how we came to chart our world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.10.2023
• Zusatzinfo: color illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: adventurer • Africa • Asia • astrolabe • atlas,atlases • babylonian map of the world • book of maps • British Empire • cartographers • Cartography • Cassini • Christopher Columbus • Commerce • compass • Conquistadores • copperplate • cuneiform wedges • dividers • Dutch Empire • emmanuel bowen • engraving • Explorer • factual • Fra Mauro • Geography • gerardus mercator • gift for • Global • Globe • Groma • historic maps • History • Illustrated • interesting • Islamic • Japan • john speed • Journeys • Klencke Atlas • latitude • Lithography • longditude • longitude • map • mapmaking • Mappae mundi • Maps • maps that changed the world • Matthew Paris • merchant • Military • military mapping • naval • navigation instruments • Nonfiction • North America • Nuzi map • Oceania • old maps • Papyrus • pictorial • portolan • present • projections • Ptolemy • rhumb lines • Sextant • South America • Spanish Empire • Surveying • Theatrum Orbis Terrarum • Travel • Vasco da Gama • vesconte • Voyage • wind rose • woodcut • World
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-8266-8 / 0711282668
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-8266-7 / 9780711282667